Chapter 55

Mitch and Scott were laughing about something, Mitch still going through the seating chart to be sure it was all perfect. He was laying on his stomach on the bed, the paper in front of him, while Scott was standing by the bedside table, quickly checking his phone. Mitch pointed at something on the paper, and turned toward Scott. "Kev has my parents seated with yours. Is that going to be okay?" "Yeah. I'm sure my dad won't say very much because of how upset he'll be. But my mom will hopefully get along well with your mom and dad." Kirstie burst into the room right then, running over to Scott and hugging him tightly, tears still flowing steadily down her face. Scott hugged her immediately. "Oh God Kit, are you okay? What's the matter?" "Alex had-- He was-- And he--" She stopped to let out a loud sob. Mitch hummed from the bed, looking at the paper once more. "Ah, is Alex downstairs telling his life story again? Yeah, that's quite a tragedy." Scott didn't like the way he phra